Rail-joint.



A. JANSA.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4. 19!].

L mfizfil; Patented May 29, 1917.

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T STATES PATTT ANTON JANSA, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF T0 JOHN POE, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

vBe it known that-I, ANTON JANsA, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail joints.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a. ready means for connecting together the ordinary construction of railway rails arranged in their operative alining position without the employment of any bolts or screws for engaging the rails.

A further object of the device is to provide a rail connector that is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and possesses great strength, the device being readily assembled without the aid of tools, an anchoring means however, being serviceable therewith if found necessary, the rails being readily disconnected and removed from the device.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device illustrating rails operatively mounted upon a tie.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the rails partially shown in horizontal longitudinal sections, parts being broken away.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation ofthe device with the inclosed rails shown in vertical transverse section.

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mounting base, and,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a middle section of the rail joining frame.

The present invention being serviceable in connection with any form of railway rails, the same is herein illustrated employed for securing together the rails 10 and 11 in end abutting relations supportingly positioned upon a transverse tie 12 adapted for positioning upon the road-bed in the usual manner.

A frame 13 is arranged having the opposite sides 14 angular'in cross-section and a base 15 upon which the said sides are mounted, thereby forming an elongated receiving slot 16 open at both ends and having a shape conforming to the base 17 and the web 18 of a railway rail.

From this description it will be understood that the frame 13 will slidably receive the adjacent end portions of the rails 10 and 11 within the open-ended slot 16 and whereby the rails 10 and ll'may be brought into abutting end adjustment with the beveled upper edges 19 of the frame sides supportingly seated beneath the treads 20 of the said rails. The size of the slot 16 of the frame 13 is to be such as .to maintain the end portions of the rails 10 and 11 snugly seated therein.

A base member 21 as best illustrated in Fig. 5 is adapted for securing the frame 13 to the tie 12 and comprises a box-shaped receiving portion 22 within which the frame 13 is adapted to be longitudinally positioned, opposite side portions of the frame 13 being cut-away as at 23 permitting the insertion of the frame therein. Transverse ribs 24 upon the bottom 25 of the receiving member 22 are adapted to seat within transverse grooves 26 of the frame 13 preventing any relative longitudinal movement between the said frame and base.

The base 21 has one side 27 thereof arranged with a depending flange 28 for flatly restin upon the top of the tie 12 while the said ange is bent upon itself at the upper edge of the side 22 forming a longitudinal lip 29 projecting inwardly of the base receiving portion 22 for overlying the adjacent base flange portion of the frame 13 when the frame is operatively positioned within the base, as best illustrated in Figs. 3 and 1 of the drawing.

It will be understood that the base may be permanently attached to the tie 12 by means of spikes 30 arranged through the flange 28 of the base and that the frame 13 may be readily seated within the box-shaped receiving portion 22 of the base with the ribs 2 1- engaging within the grooves 26 and the rail ends 10 and 11 operatively positioned in alinement with each other within the frame 13. The rails will be maintained in this manner attached together and may be readily disconnected when found desirable. V

A locking member may be provided if desirable, the same being herein illustrated in the form of a plate 31 substantially Z- shaped in cross-section with perforations 32 for receiving bolts 33 projecting outwardly from the side 34: of the base which is arranged opposite the flanged side 27 thereof. With the plate 31 mounted upon the bolts 33, the upper flange 35 of the plate will overlie the adjacent base flange portion of the frame 13 at the opposite side of the frame from the aforementioned lip 29 while spikes 36 may be secured through the opposite end 37 of the plate 31 for attaching the said plate to the tie 12. Locking nuts 38 are arranged upon the bolts 33 for fixing the plate 31 in its operative position. A strong connector is thereby arranged for the rails 10 and 11 readily carried by a tie such as 12, the structure being securely locked in position by the plates 13 when desired, it being noted however, that even when so locked, the rails 10 and 11 may be removed from the frame 13 by the forced longitudinal withdrawal of the same therefrom.

What I claim as new is 1. A connector for railway rails comprising a base adapted for seating upon a tie and having a box-shaped receiving portion, the material of which said base is formed being bent upon itself providing an inwardly-extending longitudinal lip, transverse ribs upon the bottom of the said receiving portion, and a frame carried by said rails and removably positioned Within the said receiving portion of the base beneath the said lip.

2. A connector for railway rails comprising a base adapted for seating upon a tie and having a box-shaped receiving portion, the material of which said base is formed being bent upon itself providing an inwardly-extending longitudinal lip, transverse ribs upon the bottom of the said receiving portion, a frame having an inverted T-shaped slot therethrough adapted for the longitudinal reception of the free ends of said rails, the opposite sides of said frame being cut-away adapted for accommodating the frame Within the said receiving portion of the base, the said frame having transverse grooves adapted for overlying the said ribs.

3. A connector for railway rails comprising a base adapted for seating upon a tie and having a box-shaped receiving portion, the material of which said base is formed being bent upon itself providing an inwardly-extending longitudinal lip, transverse ribs upon the bottom of the said receiving portion, a frame having an inverted T-shaped slot therethrough adapted for the longitudinal reception of the free ends of said rails, the opposite sides of said frame being cut-away adapted for accommodating the frame Within the said receiving portion of the base, the said frame having transverse grooves adapted for overlying the said ribs, a tie upon Which the said base is mounted, outwardly projecting bolts carried by the said base at the opposite side thereof from the said lip, a Z-shaped looking plate seated upon said tie and mounted upon said bolts With its upper portion overlying the adjacent portion of said frame opposite the said lip, and retaining means for the said plate engaging the said bolts and tie.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANTON J ANSA.

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